June 1, 2011
City Life/Vida Urbana is a community organization in Boston that has organized against evictions and for community controlled housing. They have long struggled for community control of local...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Welfare, Women, Organizations, United States
June 1, 2011
Take Back the Land is an activist group out of Miami that asserts their right to the land in their communities and the use of public space for the public good- specifically, to house, feed and...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, General resources, United States
June 1, 2011
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign is committed to uniting the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty. We work to accomplish this through...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, United States
June 1, 2011
The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) is a non-partisan, charitable organization operating in BC since 1966. SPARC BC focuses on social justice issues and works together with...
Keywords: Disability, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty Research, Welfare, British Columbia, Organizations
May 30, 2011
The Colour of Poverty is a Ontario community based effort to help raise public awareness about poverty within racialized communities. The Colour of Poverty Campaign has created a series of Fact...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) is a non-profit, community based organization that has been providing services for immigrant women and their young children in Vancouver since 1975.
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Women, British Columbia, Organizations
May 30, 2011
J4MV is a volunteer driven political non-profit collective comprised of committed activists from diverse walks of life (including labour activists, educators, researchers, students and youth of...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online.
Keywords: Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Violence, General resources, Ontario
May 29, 2011
This group assists refugees and immigrants in need, focusing on the particular needs of the Somali Families and Individuals living in the City of Ottawa, through partnerships, services and programs...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
Color Lines Magazine works to unite people of color and writers on ethnicity to discuss the issues which effect our world today.
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Organizations, United States
May 25, 2011
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia (AMSSA) is a coalition of over 80 organizations providing multicultural programs and immigrant settlement services...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia, Organizations
May 25, 2011
Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities.
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
May 25, 2011
Thunder Bay Multicultural Association provides settlement services, interpretation, community programs, cross-cultural/race relations information language instruction for newcomers to Canada.
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
May 25, 2011
Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County is an umbrella organization of community-based groups and organizations involved in cultural sensitivity, anti-racism promotion / education, newcomer...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
May 25, 2011
This organization promotes secular and democratic values among South Asians living abroad and opposes the growth of intolerance in South Asia.
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Organizations, International
May 25, 2011
Part of the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism, Campaign to Stop Secret Trials and Deportations is interested in protecting and expanding civil rights, especially among those of racially and...
Keywords: Alberta, Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
March 16, 2010
The social justice initiatives of the BC Teachers' Federation focus on poverty, child and youth issues, race relations, gender equity, homophobia and heterosexism, bullying, environmental issues,...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Poverty Research, social justice, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives, Factsheets and FAQs
February 25, 2010
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Directories, Ontario
October 16, 2009
ColorLines is an online magazine focusing on racism and how issues such as poverty, government policy, homelessness, the economy affect people of colour.
Keywords: Blogs, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Poverty Research, Multimedia, United States
July 17, 2009
The Applied Research Center (ARC) is a racial justice think tank and home for media and activism. ARC investigates the hidden racial consequences of public policy initiatives and develops new...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Poverty Research, General resources, United States
March 22, 2009
NARCC is committed to being a national, community-based, member-driven network that provides a strong, recognized, effective and influential national voice against racism, racialization and all other...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Organizing, General resources, All of Canada
March 22, 2009
Making Choices is the comprehensive guide to mental health services, supports and resources in the City of Toronto. It is intended to provide both an overview of parts of the mental health system,...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Health, Mental Health, General resources, Ontario
December 4, 2008
The Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) is a coalition of social planning councils (SPC), community development councils (CDC), resource centres, and planning committees located in various...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Government Policy, Health, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Poverty Research, General resources, Ontario
September 23, 2008
The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) focuses on social justice issues and works together with communities on:
Accessibility
Community Development
Income Security
Social Planning...
Keywords: Disability, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty Research, British Columbia, General resources
June 9, 2008
Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
August 17, 2006
http://www.incite-national.org/ - "INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Violence, Women, General resources, United States
